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Analysts Sprenger and Welpe looks at the effects of microblogging on stock prices:

“They compared the “sentiment, message volume, and level of agreement” of tweets with various market indicators. ”Users who provide above-average investment advice are retweeted (i.e., quoted) more often, have more followers and are thus given a greater share of voice in microblogging forums,” the authors write.”

“Burberry Group PLC reported profit attributable to shareholders for the six months ended Sept. 30 of 83.1 million pounds ($133.3 million), a gain of 46% on profit of 56.8 million pounds in the year-ago period.”

“Bernanke, through reducing the returns on treasuries in the U.S., is forcing investors to move out on the risk curve and into emerging markets. And that if flooding countries like China, India, and Brazil with cash.”

Blackstone Group has taken less than four months to raise a record $14.5 billion to buy properties around the globe, the latest sign of the firm’s growing heft amid the increasing popularity of commercial real estate among investors.

If Iran reaches a nuclear deal, Western investors will almost certainly queue up to invest in the country. The first stop for much of that money, at least initially, could be the Tehran Stock Exchange.